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Non-EU vendorCaptcha & Bot DetectionHeadquarters: GB

Prosopo: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Prosopo offers Procaptcha, a CAPTCHA widget presented as a replacement for reCAPTCHA or hCaptcha, and bot-detection tooling for web forms and applications. Procaptcha is a drop-in widget that is cookieless by default and, according to the vendor, performs no cross-site profiling. Its base layer is published as open source on GitHub, while the advanced behavioural and intent-scoring layers are proprietary. Customers who want the full stack on their own infrastructure receive a periodically updated bundle for the proprietary layers.

Prosopo Limited is UK-incorporated and has a UK-based engineering team, so the vendor sits outside the EU and EEA. According to the vendor, verification runs across points of presence in the United States, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and the EU, and EU-only processing is available on its Enterprise plan. Organisations that need EU-only processing should therefore confirm the contract tier and processing region before deployment. The vendor claims GDPR compliance on its own pages; the open base layer allows independent review of that part of the code, while the commercial platform is not open source.

Sovereignty score
42 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, US, OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
    Key management with a non-European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-630
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026
Headquarters
GB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EU, US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Type
Product
Website

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Prosopo

The European alternatives to Prosopo come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Prosopo

Prosopo is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Prosopo hosts data in EU, US, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Prosopo is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Prosopo together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Prosopo?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Prosopo include ALTCHA, ALTCHA Sentinel and Atmosvere. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Prosopo?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Prosopo include ALTCHA and CaptchaService (Stad München). These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Prosopo GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Prosopo is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in EU, US, OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 11, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Captcha & Bot Detection

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